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SUMMER DAY CAMPS
New! Summer Teen Academy
Expand Your Mind! Meet new people, learn new things!
A brand new Summer Academy for Teens is being planned at SDSU's College of Extended Studies! Choose something different to do this summer!
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Summer camps provide your teen with the chance to develop character, learn valuable life skills, make new friends, and discover new interests. All day camps are for grades 9-12, 8:30 am-4 pm, Monday through Friday and located at SDSU Extended Studies/Gateway Centers, corner of Campanile Drive and Hardy Avenue.

Give your teen the opportunity to:

  • Hang out on a college campus
  • Learn from industry experts
  • Develop skills for future careers
  • See a trial in action in Superior Court, or shadow Fox6 News, or build a multimedia web site, or create stories worth publishing, or meet and greet with Sony Online Entertainment

Program for 9th-12th graders.
Extracurricular activities include
bowling and swimming at SDSU!

Week-long sessions July 14-18 or July 21-25, 8:30 am-4 pm at SDSU. Price: $299 per camp
July 14-18
Mock Trial
TV Production
Web Page Design

July 21-25
Video Game Design
Writers' Academy


Summer 2008 Courses

New course Offering Mock Trial

This course will challenge you to decipher the truth with the given evidence. Become familiar with: public speaking and debate, legal skills, team work, and skills related to law. Learn about opening statements and closing arguments, meet guest speakers, visit a court house trial in action. Tours and a mock trial at San Diego Superior Court will be offered.

Instructor: Kim-Thoa Hoang
Noncredit Schedule No. 08SUTC 99900 DF
Dates: Monday-Friday, July 14-18, 8:30 am-4 pm.
Location: SDSU Extended Studies/Gateway Centers, corner of Campanile Drive and Hardy Avenue.
Fee: $299

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Kim-Thoa Hoang has been an attorney for over 20 years and a prosecutor with the San Diego County District Attorney's Office for the last 17 years. A graduate of California Western School of Law, she was a deputy city attorney and a superior court research attorney in San Diego before joining the D.A.'s Office. She has served as division chief for the last five years and co-chairs the San Diego County High School Mock Trial Competition program. She has been committed to student outreach programs to inspire youths to pursue higher education and careers in law. Kim-Thoa Hoang

New course Offering TV Production
Lights! Camera! Action! Learn from production studio industry experts and visit a production studio behind-the-scenes. Be part of a creative process daily. Editing, filming, and writing copy. Teens will work with Fox6 and KPBS.

Instructor: Jackson Sturlin
Noncredit Schedule No. 08SUTC 99902 DF
Dates: Monday-Friday, July 14-18, 8:30 am-4 pm.
Location: SDSU Extended Studies/Gateway Centers, corner of Campanile Drive and Hardy Avenue.
Fee: $299

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Jackson Sturlin attended the University of Montana and received his bachelor of arts degree in radio-television production from the School of Journalism in 1999. After college he moved back to his hometown of Phoenix, Arizona and became employed by KNXV ABC-15. He began his television career as a studio technician, working in the studio as a teleprompter operator, camera operator, and floor director. He then progressed through the production department and acquired the skills to advance to several new positions. He became a video playback operator, a CG operator, a technical director, a director, and finally the senior director of the station. He worked at KNXV for six years. He moved to San Diego in March of 2007 and has been employed by XETV FOX6 as the production manager and senior director ever since. He enjoys being a fair and inspiring manager for employees that absolutely deserve it. He loves directing television news and works to create memorable and award-wining television that always pushes the envelope of the skills and the technology that we use. Jackson Sturlin

New course Offering Web Page Design
With this web site day camp, you are invited to learn the tools and techniques necessary to bring your imagination to life in the “real-time” world. Learn podcasting, blogging, videocasting, and design your own web site.

Instructor: Eric Nielsen
Noncredit Schedule No. 08SUTC 99901 DF
Dates: Monday-Friday, July 14-18, 8:30 am-4 pm.
Location: SDSU Extended Studies/Gateway Centers, corner of Campanile Drive and Hardy Avenue.
Fee: $299

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In instructor Eric Nielsen's other life, he is a musician, high-school teacher, and outstanding web page designer. See a recent article from the San Diego Reader: Pre-Bummer Haight-Ashbury. Join SDSU's cyber camp and have a blast!

eric nielsen

Eric Nielsen

New course Offering Video Game Design
So you want to be a hot shot game designer! Today there are over 50 different handheld and home video game systems, including the current Xbox 360 and new release of playstation3. Learn how things work behind the scenes at Sony Online Entertainment. This camp introduces you to the exciting world of game design, covering the core concepts and giving you hands-on experience with today’s most popular game design tools. Must be computer literate.

Instructor: David Hernandez
Noncredit Schedule No. 08SUTC 99903 DF
Dates: Monday-Friday, July 21-25, 8:30 am-4 pm.
Location: SDSU Extended Studies/Gateway Centers, corner of Campanile Drive and Hardy Avenue.
Fee: $299

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"If you enjoy your job, you'll never work a day in your life." This philosophy has stuck with me and has brought me from being a fan of video games to making games. I'm David Hernandez, and besides being an animation graduate, I am preparing to join the ranks of game animators here in San Diego. David Hernandez

New course Offering Writers' Academy
Sail your pen over paper, type great fantasies on your laptop. Explore your inner writer as you “journey and journal” mysterious characters, create writing samples, and end with a short story of your creation! Meet local authors and visit with industry experts.

Instructor: Lisa Thibodeaux
Noncredit Schedule No. 08SUTC 99904 DF
Dates: Monday-Friday, July 21-25, 8:30 am-4 pm.
Location: SDSU Extended Studies/Gateway Centers, corner of Campanile Drive and Hardy Avenue.
Fee: $299

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Born and raised in Carlsbad, California, I attended college at California State University San Marcos. I was in 7th grade when I realized I wanted to write and 11th grade when I realized it was teaching writing that would allow me to write and open others’ eyes to the construction and creation of a unique world view. Working with students in the AVID program showed me a variety of methods and techniques to work with the different demands writing imposes on young people. It was my trip to Cuernavaca, Mexico that brought to life the ultimate experience in language, traveling, and learning because it forced me to speak and write in a different language, one that I love. Currently I teach college preparatory English to 9-12 grade students at Julian Charter School’s San Diego Academy. I have taught kindergarten through 12th grade and love it all. I look forward to working with you and sharing stories that will bring us further into each other’s webs of writing.

Lisa Thibodeaux
For more information please contact wevers@mail.sdsu.edu, or call (619) 594-7078.
Last update July 21, 2008

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